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CARRIAGE WHEEL FENDER. No. 384,989. Patented June 26, 1888.

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74 may; mam-@44 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE G. WV. MAGRUDER, OF TENALLYTOWN, ASSIGNOR OF TlVO-THIRDS TO THE AMERICAN PATENT EXCHANGE, OF WASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CARRIAGE-WHEEL FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,989, dated June 26, 1888.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE O. W. MAGRU- DER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Tenallytown, in the District of Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carriage-Wheel Fenders; and I do declare with the mud or dust adhering to the wheels of a carriage while the person is in the act of entering the carriage or alighting therefrom.

The invention consists and the novelty resides in the peculiar combinations and the construction, arrangement, and adaptation of parts, all as more fully hereinafter described, shown in the drawings, and then particularly pointed out in the claims.

I In the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 represents a perspective view of a portion of a vehicle with my improved fender in place on the wheel. Fig. 2 is aperspective view of the holder detached. Figs. 3 and 4 are similar views of slightly-modified forms, but all embodying the essential of my invention.

Referring to the drawings by letter, A des: ignates the rim of a carriage-wheel.

B designates what I term a holder, because it holds'the fender to the wheel and the apron in place.

The apron 0 may be of any suitable material-such as canvas, oil-cloth, or rubber-- and the shape may be varied to suit the taste of the user or the convenience of the manufacturer.

The holder B is formed of some spring material, and comprises the prongs or jaws a and the spring arms or wings d, the former being designed to embrace the rim of the wheel Application filed December l, 1887. Serial l\'o..56,510.

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to hold the device in place, as shown in Fig. 50

It is important that the elasticity be not all j at the jaws, but that the arms be resilient also, as this greatly facilitates the putting on and off of the device. a

The holder may be formed as shown in Rig. 4, and retained or secured to the apron by being confined in a pocket thereon; or it 6 may be formed as shown in Fig. 3, and the apron attached thereto by being confined between the same and the back plate, D, by means of rivets or other suitable fastenings; or the holder and back plate may be formed of a single piece, as shown in Fig. 2, and the two compressed after the apron has been placed therebetween.

I sometimes prefer, especially when designed for use with smaller vehicles, the form shown in Fig. 4; butin all the different forms shown there resides the essential feature, which is the spring-jaws and the spring-arms or wings integral therewith.

The wings d, which preferably are curved slightly, as shown, serve to spread and hold the apron out, so as to cover not only the rim, but the adjacent portion of the spokesas well What I claim as new is- 1. The combination, with the flexible overhanging apron, of a holder therefor formed with spring-jaws adapted to embrace the rim of a wheel, as set forth.

2. The combination, with the apron, of a holder therefor attached thereto and formed with spring-jaws, and spring-arms, as d, substantially as and for the purpose specified.

3. A wheel-fender consisting of an apron, a holder therefor formed with spring-jaws and spring-arms, and a back plate, all arranged and operating substantially as and for the purpose specified.

4. Aholderforawheel-fender apron, formed back plate, all formed of a single piece, as

efspring material, and comprising spring-jaws and springerms. all formed of a single piece, substantially as described.

5. The improved holder described, consisting of spring-jaws, curved spring-arms, and a shown and described.

6. Aholderforthepurposedeseribed,formed with curved spring-arms and spring-jaws, the

clamping ends of which are rounded and bent to 

